The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1926, Page 1

i Y : "This Thermometer - WEATHER FORECAST Cloudy tpnight and Tuesday, Ris- ing te ‘ature tomight. et jnere RTE ESTABLISHED 1873 ,. MANY CHANGES IN LAWS WILL BE REQUESTED Legislature to Consider Prob- lems of Highway, Insur- ance, Banking Laws TO BRING ME FIGHTS Compulsory Liability Insur- ance For Aute Drivers Ex- pected to Be Issue Problems relating to the state highway, insurance and banking laws Jead the list of items to be consider- by the state legislature when it zs into action here January 4, 927 Re-clection of every state official, Until a few days ago Hans Simon- except one is expected to the| son was bending over a drawing legislature in its work since it_ will board in the drafting department of state highway commission at rk, wishing wistfully that he go to Chicago and study: art. of state officers who Mo) had at least two years | | ¢o Besoaasls to revise the state high- | Today his dream about to come to permit the state high- true. He was, recently declared the way ‘te artment to designate all! Winner of a $5,000 cash prize with | state routes without regard to the not one string ied to how it shall} desires of county boards of commis-| be spent. : is expected to create a warm| This $5,000 prize was offered by discussion, Advocates of the change |a Chicago company in a contest t contend that the backwardness of) select a name for a new autom many county boards has operated to/tire. Announcement of the winn hold up the development of a s' as made at a banquet, held in their highway system. Numerous bo (Continued on page seven.) proposals to amend the highway la are expected from various sources. Attempts to revise the law regu- lating and taxing aes operators | of some “= MISSING WIFE OF = ogee ‘Fight Expected A. sharp fight xpected on proposal to remove present restric- | tions on the state bonding and fire) insurance fund which bonds public | js and insures public bui At present a part of the risk ings. carried_on buildings valued at mo th | Husband Found | in Irrational than $50,000 usually is placed in “old-line” ranee company. A ee ed law would permit the fund) Condition, With Bundle of to carry all risks alone, | The fund as a balance of about $800,000 and Wife’s Clothing the total risk carried is almost $40,- 00,000. Another proposal which is almost | ure to come up is-one to require | ‘L automobile owners to carry lia- ility Mmsurance. The idea recently as broached publicly in the Morton «ounty district court following trial «f several cases in which “persons Washington, Dec. 20.--(P)-—Only the stained fragments of a kimona Washington detectives working on the disuppearance of Mrs. Gladys W. Houck, wife of Dr. K. H. Houck, the St. Elizabeth hospital physician who 1 jured utomobile drivers | wes taken istody in an irra- Whe were. tinanelallg- treaaponeiine Hone Selapted *Priduy. a Hornell, Connecticut end Massachusetts al- “Mrs, Houck was last seen Tuesday night by Dr, J. Cun member of the St. Elizabeth’s staff, when he called at their apartment. | Dr. Houck dismissed him about 9:30, he told peliee, and went to bed hefore ready have such laws. An attempt to amend the — state nty fund law is considered cer. ‘A recent proposal by C, R. n, manager of the Bank of North kota, id limit the amount of deposit for which the fund would , he left. fl onsible to $1,000. Green's} Dr. Houek, carrying a bundle, ap- {such an "arrangement | proached Bru Morty, poopeieter I savings ac-| of the @rug store over which he lived, dit , Wednesday and asked for the porter. | The port it | quested permais «His strange beh: i versation and pur y to leave the bundle on a porch to be burned by. the porter, aroused Dr, Y Was not ubout, and he re- ission to burn a bundle, b pplied by uve jegislature, Capital: Panishiment. Varty’s suspicions and he examined it, finding shreds of a kimona, a night own and a blouse. Trace Found These garments have heen identi- fied by police as belonging to Mrs. Houck. Iso have learned that a fur trimmed black coat, a brown dress and a hat she possessed are missing, but have been able to find i no indication of a disturbance in the Houck apartment nor any trace of her in the vicinity of that building or the hospital or the Potomac river a half mile away. ‘The missing woman was 28 years old and her husband 30. He was the descendant of a family of physicians, graduate of a western university and a student of neurology, a subject he had come to St. Elizabeth's to pursud after practicing three years in Flor- a. DOCTOR BEING QUESTIONED AS TO WIFE'S WHEREABOUTS Washington, Dec, 20.—(@)—Dr. Knute H. Houck, Washington physi- cian, was brought here today from the Willard Insane Asylum at Ovid, N. Y., and police and specialists en- deavored to obtain from him a clue that would lead to the solution of the mystery of his wife’s diseppear- ance and of his own state of mental collapse. The physician, a member of the shat of St. Elizabeth’s hospital for the insane here, was picked up at Hornell, N, Y., Saturday (eg, Shar herently. His wife, Glady, W. Houck, has not been seen by her friends since last Wednesday and a search is in progress for her. Dr, Frouck was placed under guard at a hospital and to those permitted ito see him he tried to relate some of the events that led up to the disap- pearance of Mrs. Houck. “I was brutal that night,” he said. “I beat her. I was dirty and con- temptible, Then I woke from a dréam t® see her slipping out of the door.” Houck said torn clothing found at his home was ripped from his wife's back, but he expressed confidence that when he was able to go to his ‘home he would find her waiting there dy existing, notably those regarding the theft of automol Strong efforts té obtain app for various items of safety leg (Continued on page three.) | Tells How Cold it | | Was During Night . —— * for him. He said he believed she was oF with friends, o , |Teachers, Subject ° to Insurance Law Named ed By Shafer lorth Da- Persons who ‘taught in. ee te kota schools prior to 1! i ‘members of the state — innurance and_ ret General: nie, 8 in an Soriston to h- areas if chers’ insur- hone. who have | 26 | FEARED HE WOULD TELL | offered a tangible clue today to the | thereafter taught in state’ institu- | pit THE BISMARCK BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1926 ‘MAN ADMITS SLAYING OF PR, YOUNG BOY ar-old Son, of Wealthy Chicagoan Attempted to Mistreat Youth Relatives Claim Murderer Is Mentally Defective—Crowe to Ask Hanging Chicago, Dec. 20.) —Ha Croarkin ‘today confessed he six-year-old Walter Schmith | North Side barn loft in a panic of) fright after he tempt mistreat the boy, fearing his victim would tell of his actions. The admissions of motive came at the end of a long hour's questioning = following the youth’s voluntary sur- render Sunday. Previously he did not know why he * youth, who was found dying Friday night in the loft where the attack occurred. “If this is not a hanging case might as well abolish the. penalty, State's Attorney Crowe said early to- day after he and his aides had gone over the entire act of the tragedy with the 26-year-old son of a wealthy flour dealer, Admits Other Crimes Police said that Croarkin con- teried having taken liberties with approximately a dozen children in the lust three months. As officials re leaving the criminal court |nutidinge {iia in sening wie oC pone he was confronted by C. B. Feeley ghter was molested re- Ask 1 if Croarkin pted to harm the man who little gi hi : COMPLETE FOR | Oliver Lundqui | "Three Lose Lives | | Dec. 20—(AP)— Fire dest brother, Geerge Seaford, 73 yearn old, while his sister Mrs. 58, and Vivian were visiting him. It ix believed air-tight stove used to roy! the house exploded, setting . Kaiser, mother of the girl, in at prevent in Maternity Hos- ital with a seven-day-old baby. She will not be told of the trag- edy until she is strong enough to leave the hospital. STOCKS STILL LATE SHOPPERS Local Stores Prepared to Show Christmas Buyers Wide Variety of Gifts With Christmas only five days away, Bismarck shop- pers need not worry about inability to get the articles wanted in local stores, for in spite of the nearness to Christmas, all stores still have fairly complete stocks on hand. Bismarck folk heeded the injunc- tion to “mail pile-up at Ch below the average this ing to the local postmaster, outgoing 1 has been sent much . let me at him I save the state the expense puted © of ue anging him.” Mentally Deficient “Harold has always been bi aid Attorney F in, an uncle of the youth, and | the one who surrendered him to the | police. “He has only the mentality | of a 10-year-old boy. He never could work and his father kept him at his place of busin: We knew he w: \ deficient but we never knew he wi | ceiminally inclined.” “Dis. William ©. Krosn and H. Douglas Singer, psychiatrists, who testified for the state in the Loeb- Leopold case, disputed this, however, after examining Croarkin at the re- quest of the state's attorney | “He's, sane,” the physican said. |“No 10-year-old boy could pass the examinations Croarkin did. When {he was in school he | always had marks of 85 or 90. We have checked on his business capabilities and find he was quite a business man. He frequently bought carloads of flour by telephone and sold them at a profit within « few minutes.” Given Three At various times during his ques- Although suz-zero weather earlier in the week prevented many of those living outside of Bismarck from mak- ing their here, the . warmer weather Saturday gave them an op- portunity to get their shopping fin- ished and hundreds took advantage of the p imous in the statement that “pus and-tumble” shopping with the at tendant result of a badly frayed tem- per is at a minimum this year and the “good-will” feeling is uppermost among the purchasers. Christmas Spirit “Everywhere FERDINAND | SAYS WISH IS | TO ABDICATE Rumanian sia Would Re- store Crown Prince Carol to the Throne | | WILLING PRINCE IS Wants Certain Conditions Complied With, However —Marie Wants Place Paris, Dee. ()—-King Ferdin- and of Rumania wishes to abdicate the throne and restore former Crown Prince Carol to the rights he re- Mounced on January 4, last. The king made this known to his ministers at a secret council held in qecherest last week, it is learned from a high Rumanian political sdurce in Paris. ult of the king’s ultimatum ters, General Coanda was sent to Paris and already has advised Ferdinand that Carol is willing to comply with his futher’s wishes, but under certain conditions, These are first that King Ferdinand must acquiesce to Carol’s divorcing Princess Helen—that if possible she must leave the country before his re- turn—and second, that before he as- cends the throne, the present govern- ment must be thrown out and a Demg-| cratic cabinet headed by Prot. Jorga| and comprising the leaders of the} new national-peasant party, must be given power, Wants to Retire “I am a sick old man,” King Fer- dinand is reported as having told his ministers. “I want to retire entirely from public life.” Tht secret council at which the king made his wish known was at- tended by Queen Marie, Premier Averescu, Jan Bratiano, who is sometimes called ‘The Uncrowned King of Rumani. General Coanda and several other leading political figures. “Whatever months or years I may have to live, and I understand the learned professors differ on que: the king is ¢are of my health and perhaps mak the prophesies of the wrong.” ‘At present there is a sharp quarrel at the royal palace over the succes- sion of power. Queen Marie, support- | ed, by Bratiano and Prince Stirbey, | the latter's brother-in-law, wants a, ma dent’ of the supreme court, and the | patriarch of the Rumanian ‘church. Consent Held Improbable It is considered an absolute cer- tainty that while the king lives he will never consent to this as it would With the erection of a community Christmas tree illuminated with vari- tioning by the prosecutor and police, Croarkin pave three rambling. rea: sons for ing the Sehmith bey 's skull, but in the end maintained | that he did know why he had com ited the deed and wouldn't tell a ore until he had talked to his la yers, Once he said he killed him bees he failed to bring him a tt ik; another time he of that “I wasnt’ nd he made me angry, wain he related that he s hoy for 2 sandwich “and he came buck with the wrong ki He told the police he had been but denied that he was drunk, INGERSOLLS “INVOLVED IN LOVETANGLE nking, * Wife of Watchmaker in Shooting Affray New York, Dec. 20—(#)—A love’ tangle and a tragedy involving a son- in-law of Robert G. Ingersoll, famous agnostic, and Mrs. Robert Hawley Ingersoll, wife of the retired facturer of dolla fashionable Park Mrs. R. H. Ingersoll, 55, wife of the manufacturer, was to death in her apartment on Park avenue last night, co, 60, son-in-law of Robert G. Ingersoll, was seriously injured. The Ingersoll families aré not related. Charged With Homicide Probasco was eld today in the pris- on ward of Bellevue hospital on a technical charge of homicide, but he and hie wife claim that Mrs. Ingersoll shot him and Bas elf thrdugh se of a threatened dured for yea! Probasco tel the shooting. joned his wife after e went. to the apart- found her husband on the floor be- side a telephone, -Mrs. Ingereoll’s body was found on a bed in another room. She was clad in a pink dre: ing gown and wore jewels valued. at - Probasco, an advertisii expert rector of ind Wallace M.|- jealpusy " bee: week in a relationship that had en-| 20 ment and, with building attendants, | dic colored lights, with the red and green bulbs in the lamp pools with the ce- dar boughs draped 2 rom each post andj with the tiny Christmas trees in every own with the blows that crushed the | flag socket, Bismarck can truthfully inate the Rumanian situation be called the “Christmas Santa Claus, who has been visit- ing the city at various times: during he past two weeks to talk over KPYRe has yielded to the requests of local people and agrees to muke | three speeches this week instead of the, customary one. arrangement with the Kiwanis ec Santa and a Kiwanis | coneanittan will go on the ether to discuss prominent citizens in the towns around Bismarck and various (Continued on REINA: OF. PAE S08 seven.) fabdadew. of Agnatle «aa! MINNESOTAN IS GUILTY .OF MANSLAUGHTER |. Driver of Car Which Killed |® North Dakota Girl at Moor- head Is Sentenced Fargo, N. D., Dee. 20—Convicted of second degree manslanghter by a jury, W. 0. Danielson, Georgetown, Minn., was sentenced to a term of from one to 15 years in the Minne- cela. state Rae ere g 4 at Stillwater by Judge C. A. Nye in Clay county district court in Moorhead late S: urday afternoon. Danielson ran down and killed Miss Mabel Brink, » of Horace, N. By ‘on a Moorhead street Oct. 4. Sentence was pronounced immedi- Pipe Hore Ate jury returned its ver- 4 p.m. The jury was out an ‘hear and 36 minutes. The defendant, who is 43 years old, was tried on & grand jury indictment. charging third degree murder. Judge Nye explained in his charge to the jury, however, that under the facts the case, the jury could consider e case under a charge of second degree mansl: iter.as well as under » Inc., said-while lying on s ee Bll cot” is Heed agi A fe an as pod Srelied. "thier I the day, she tole: | Bank come over at once. td determined to “Mrs. raided me wher m my brges toward her. ld her immodiate- | at on nage irea) the charge of the indictment. Conviction on‘ the third Bunists Ingletmeaat would have mands mieison liable to a ‘sentence of seven ig 30 years in state's Judge Nye granted a ‘sta: oe until ater ana gt ou dow dian anna ealetines to visit him it during the Christmas season, ae 7 | mean the final exile of Prince Carol, | since the latter's relation with his | royal mother, despite their two recent | meetings in Paris, are believed to be worse than ever, Thus the two questions that doi “Will Ferdinand go to Paris to see | Carol or will Curol come to Buchar- est to visit his father?” There is no question of a republic, | it is asserted, and the monarchy will be maintained, but what form the re-| gency will assume is the matter now) at stake. RESIGNATION OF CALDERHEAD IS ANNOUNCED Veteran Rail Board Secretary to Be Sueceeded By Miss Parsons, Chief Clerk Resignation of J. H. secretary of the North Dakota stat railroad board since 1917, was an- nounced at a dinner given in his baer by membe of the board ight Miss Bismarck, chief clerk of the board, been, named to succeed Calderhead. So far as is known she is the first woman to Belg. such a position in the United Several handsome gifts were pre sented to Calderhead by the commi sion and members of the railroad |board office. He will leave January '1 for Great Falls, Montana, where | he_will make his home. , who is 78 years old, state auditor of Montana for two terms and has long been prom- inent in railroad labor circles in the North: Miss Parso’ began work with the board seven years ago as a stenog- rapher, was later rate clerk in the traffic’ department, and then chief cler! “The board believes in rewarding | Re efficient service and honest effort,” said Chairman Frank Milhollan. “Miss Parsons has demonstrated that she is sapeble of handling the work and we did not wish to ignore her ‘merely because she is a woman.” H. R. Galt, Editor of St. Paul ll Paper, Dies St. Paul, ec, 20) —Herbert Randolph Gal Os, editor of the St. legree | Paul ress and Dispatch for the last 13 years, di Sunday in a a) hospital frome heart trouble, s 45 years ol ksicken it, Mond while at hie desk, Mr. ‘cait'sh owed none improve- reported to! and ran, | have said, “I wish to devote to ee pictures of h experts. go Proprietors of locaf stores are unan-| place on the regency which is now | up of Prince Nicolas, the presi-| Dan Moody’s Stenog a ‘Thrill Bandit’ may have been a boob, but Iw little girl like me held up,” University of Texas graduate, afte National’ Bank of Buda Bradley, a stenographer in the offi of Texas, entered the bank posing was allowed to use a typewriter in the cashier that|a revolver, forced two men employes into a vault, scooped up $1000 The revolver, she explain: cle, is a ated beside below, in the c' in, Rebecca is s Today’s Doings in Nation’s Capital Congress meets at noon, |] House takes up miscelleancous if bills. Rivers and harbors bill con- committee on Boulder rs Swing Joh m dam bill, HEART ATTACK |, CAUSES DEATH One of Bismarck’s Earliest Pioneers Passes Away Early This Morning Mrs. O. H. Will, 74.) one of Bis- marck’s earliest pioneéra, died early this morning ut the home of her daughter, Mrs, Worth Lumry, as the result of a sudden heart attack. She had been in poor health for the past three years but her condition was not serious and her death came as a great shock to the members of the fa and the many friends of the deceased. | She had been ill for several days with | a cold but this is not believed to have contributed to her death. Mrs. Will, whose maiden name was He Bird, was born in Boston, Ma: in 1852. She came to North Dakota in 1878 at the age of 26 years, Four years later, on December 20, 1882, just 44 years ago today, she w married to rH. Will at Bisma: and they made their home in marck continuously, Mr. Will, who was a prominent resi- dent of the city for many years, died rine years ago, He established the ar H. Will seed house here and Ey active in the civic and business life of Bismarck, ‘The deceased is survived by her two children, George Will and Mrs. Worth Lumry, ‘She also leaves one brother in Dedham, Mass, She has been a up until the last few years w: in the social life of the city. Funeral services will be held Wed- nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Worth Lumry home, 311 Third street. v. F, H. Davenport of the Epis-| copal church will officate. Injury in Cage Game Causes Death James Connors, 21, died in a hos- pital last: night from concussion of the brain received in a basketball es night. ar Playing in a semi-; m the floor after a low Peperning sharply, he swung into a} f; bcm one of several on the small laying surface. The force of the ropped him to the floor but Thusedas ee passiclans said ap ” believed e might recover. Galt and two children survive but. eerie ay all right. net continue play oa medical attention, OF MRS, WILLE: game in Central Falls, R. I., Rarer nebunk recently found a me, he stopped to pic! ‘Dp had sare in 0 Oe ity. ll River, refusing font by tas big a boob as the two men a ked Rebecca Bradley, 21-year-old | he was arrested for holding up Tex. “Looking for a thrill,” Miss a, ice of Dan Moody, attorney general er correspondent and cage. Then she pulled as a ne wasn’t loaded. Above are two ene at her hearing in Aus- her mother. CANNIBALISM ADMITTED BY CALIFORNIAN Fisherman Says He Ate Flesh | of Dead Companion When Two Were Adrift at Sea Island, startling the flesh two were cd 1 open boat, wi Eli B, Kelly, 69, s picked up on the beach and brought to was found ll fishing land. said he had been without vater for eight days, His shipmate, crazed by hunger and thirst hen suppl ran out, died » exhaustion after ing jumped board three times. Kelly suid rescued his companion euch time. Storm Strips Sails According to Kelly's story, the two {men set out a fishing cruise from {Redondo December 8 in a 20-foot yawl, On the second night out they ran into a storm which stripped their main sail and swamped their auxil- iary engine. Manning their, oars they struggled agai the storm ich car them far out to sea. Wi rovisions for only 24 hours they ‘nibbled spar- ingly ut the dwindling rations. After being tossed about on the waves for two days McKinley bees insane. Pointing to an imaginary headland, he demanded that they puil for the shore. A quarrel sprang up when Kelly persisted in following his compass. On the third night McKinley, crazed by hunger and thirst, again took up the quarrel and suddenly lurched at his companion with a bait | knife in his hand. Kelly overpower- | fo d or he e ed him and bound him with the stern sheets, Companion Dies Even in this position McKinley could not be subdued and three times he rolled himself over the gunwales and plunged into the sea. Three times elly rescued him. Finally McKinley died of exhaustion. With his dead companion at his back, Kelly returned to the oars, On the fifth day the last crumb of food had been eaten, It was then that he attempted to appease his hunger with human flesh, He sighted -land yesterday and, reaching this island, crawled on the beach. Dragging his tarpaulins aft- er him he used these and a few sacks as a covering and lay down to die. River, Mass. Dec. 20—()—| He was found by fishermen, BEAR WITH COLLA| Sanford, Me—A hunter Ken- bear with a collar, indicatii She was very bear cub was of the traps in Al- Seri: Io cau; in rn red recently. TAKE YOUR TIME John, will you -love Bride: me ow age ne manager that he was | when I’m an and u; John (pre-Seeuned ‘wet itt ‘ell, Opinion, | that the animal |” | KORSVICK FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER PRISON TERM OF FIVE YEARS | RECOMMENDED Jury Arrives at Verdict Sun- day Morning After 22 Hours’ Deliberation DEFENSE WILL Judge to Pronounce Sentence Tuesday—Stay of Execu- tion to Be Axked APPEAL Joseph Korsvick was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree by a jury in Morton county court Sunday morning after deliberating for nearly 22 hours. The jury rec- ommended a sentence of five years. Retiring at 9 jaturday morn ing, jurors were dlocked —unti 7:30 Sunday morning, when they reached their decision. Judge F. T. Lembke, attorneys for the prosecu- tion and defense and Korsvick wer hastily summoned to the court room and the verdict was announced short- jy after 8:15. Pale and haggard, Korsvick took his seat in the court room and nerv- ously awaited the decision of the jury. When it was announced, he showed little outward emotion, al- though his eyes filled with tears. . Korsvick, father of the boy, was visibly affected by the decision and wept openly. To Be Sentenced Tuesday Sentence will not be imposed unti 9 o'clock Tuesday morn- ing, Judge Lembke stated. In his instruction, he had told the jury to recommend the term the boy should serve and this recom- mendation ~ was followed out, al- though conviction on a charge of second degree murder, as asked by the state, was not given. JURY RECOMMENDS 6 MONTHS IN JAIL cnet Roa rafton, N. 4 Babinski, Minto farmer, was found guilty of in the second in - connec: tion with the death of Marion Foley, who was killed when his mended a tence of six months in jail. Appeal from the verdict of the court will be made at once, William Langer, chief couns: for the de- fense, declared. He stated that when Korsvick is brought up for sentence, he will ask Judge Lembke for a stay of execution and for the fixiug of bail so that an appert may be per- | fected. “The appeal will be bas: vinty on the contention that the court erred in refusing to admit the testimony of the five marines, some of whom « “buddies” of Korsvick, and re- ng to admit testimony of Charles Liessman, assistant secretary of state, and of Charles McDonald,” Langer said today. An Unwritten Code “The testimony of the mar nat Mr. Liessman would have been to the effect that there is an unwriiu@ coue among the marines which provides that when a “buddy” of a marine boy is intended as the victim of a rob- - bery the marine’s first duty is to ¥S-| report to the authorities and, if they cannot be reached, to arrest the criminals himself and bring them in.” Langer was referring to a state- ment attributed to Korsvick it ich the former marine ss: them up” just after he of the party at the Pal plan to “roll” Thoi compa ee ard seve ininen pl Patton, his Ace to the testimony of Korsvick na Patton, they visited the place of Gregory Schmidt before the jooting and declared that the; inted to “phone the authorities,” testimony was substantiated by “It has been the contention of the defense all through the trial and will ied | be, in the appeal that the intent in this boy's mind at the time of the shooting of Pahaininen could be gauged b timony, of tl prejud! errors could be found in The pe of the ae Bat Pe cinge by C.F. bo ga state's ai 5 prosecuted ‘In my opinion,” he pi Bn Pas sega nds for a re- vatate ‘fatiotied With Verdict Mr. Kelsch also expressed satis- faction with the decision of the sary, saying: “The verdict is just, and the sentence most reasonable. The law has been vindicated and the state is satisfied with the verdict.” (Continued on page three.)